Automated Repair & Station Self-Healing - Never Fix a Module by Hand Again

Your Station Gets Hit. Now You Spend 20 Minutes Running Repairs.

A raid hits your mining wing. Three modules at 30% health. You spend 15 minutes running between them with a repair tool, manually fixing each one. Meanwhile, your main assembler line shut down 8 minutes ago. Production loss: 400 iron plates, 200 circuits, 3 research cycles.

Manual repair is a waste of your time. A simple automated repair network handles everything in under 2 minutes with zero player involvement.

Quick-Fix: The 3-Item Auto-Repair Kit

Build these three things to automate repairs:

1. 1 Repair Hub - placed in the center of your station
2. 3 Repair Drones - assigned to the hub (each drone handles 4-5 modules)
3. 1 Parts Chest - filled with 50 iron plates, 20 circuits, 10 repair kits

Setup time: 10 minutes. Repair speed: A fully damaged module restored in 45 seconds.

Repair System Components

Setting Up Auto-Repair

Step 1: Place the Repair Hub

Center of your station, within 30 tiles of all critical modules. If your station is larger than 60 tiles across, build two hubs.

Step 2: Deploy Repair Drones

One Mk1 drone per 4 modules or one Mk2 drone per 6 modules. Drones patrol their assigned zone and auto-detect damaged modules.

Step 3: Stock the Parts Chest

Link the parts chest to your main iron and circuit supply via Inventory Pair. Set a restock threshold: when parts drop below 20, request a resupply of 50.

Step 4: Set Up Shield Links

Place Shield Links on modules that face raid directions. Links auto-consume repair parts to maintain shields, reducing damage taken by 40%.

Real Scenario: Three-Wave Raid With No Manual Repair

A three-wave pirate raid hit my medium station. 18 modules took damage averaging 35%. Without auto-repair, I would have spent 30 minutes fixing everything manually.

The result: 4 Mk1 drones and 1 Mk2 drone repaired all damage in 3 minutes. I stayed in the research menu the entire time. Parts consumption: 22 iron plates, 8 circuits. Parts restock drone arrived 2 minutes later.

FAQ

Q: Do repair drones use fuel?

Mk1 drones use 1 power cell per 5 repairs. Mk2 drones use 1 per 3 repairs. Keep 20 power cells in the parts chest.

Q: Can drones repair each other?

No. If a drone is destroyed, build a replacement from the Repair Hub. The hub holds a backup drone blueprint.

Q: Does auto-repair work during combat?

Yes. Repair drones prioritize modules under active attack. A drone repairing a module under fire takes 15% damage per repair cycle - replace it after 6 combat repairs.

External Resources

• Outworld Station on Steam
• r/OutworldStationGame on Reddit
• Drone Defense Guide - Stop attacks before they happen
• Ship Building Guide - Build repair ships for deep space